Where i can find this properties panel in blender 2.79
In 2.7 the background images don't work the same way as in 2.8. If you want to load a background image you need to open the N panel, enable Background Images and load your image. Then you can only change the settings you see in the N panel, you can't manually move the image in the 3D view and you don't have access to any settings in the Properties panel:

That said, you can create an Empty &gt; Image, then you have some settings in the Properties panel &gt; Object Data. It doesn't work as a Background or Reference image, but you can use it as such: